Asia CO2 emissions data for 2015
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Asia emit in 2015?
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Asia emitted 19113.16 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2015.
This represents 53.9% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Asia in 2015?
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In 2015, Asia emitted 4.29 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 4458250376.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 19113.16 million tonnes emitted by Asia in 2015 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
4470.7 |
1.0 |
| Gas |
2571.2 |
0.58 |
| Coal |
10622.26 |
2.38 |
| Cement |
1136.91 |
0.26 |
| Flaring |
115.58 |
0.03 |